8 Interpretation.E
(1)In this Measure the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—
“the appointed day” means the first day of April next following the passing of this Measure.
“theMeasure of 1944” means the Reorganisation Areas Measure 1944.
“theMeasure of 1949” means the Pastoral Reorganisation Measure 1949.
“the bishop” means the bishop for the time being of the diocese concerned . . . F1
“the diocesan board of finance” means the diocesan board of finance of the diocese concerned.
[F2“parsonage house” has the same meaning as in the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976]
(2)In paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section seventeen of the Measure of 1944 and in sub-section (7) of section five and sub-section (4) of section twelve of the Measure of 1949 and in this Measure the expression “year” means a period of twelve months beginning on the first day of April in any year and ending on the thirty-first day of March in the year following.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1976 (No. 3), Sch. Pt. II
F2Definition in s. 8(1) inserted (Provinces of Canterbury and York except Channel Islands and Isle of Man) (1.6.1992) by Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992 (No. 1), s. 17(1), Sch. 3 para.8;Instrument dated 27.5.1992 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.